Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Eczema Update - Elimination Diet

For those who know me, I've been on the elimination diet since the end of January, almost 7 weeks ago. At 5 weeks, there was no change to Jasmine's skin condition so I tightened the diet even more. I'm currently only eating organic beef and chicken, squash, pears and rice products (rice milk, noodles, bread, chips, cereal...anything that is made with rice). No salt or sugar or any of the bad stuff. Not much selection in terms of food, but I can eat as much as I want.

Over the past 2 weeks, there's been alot improvement in Jasmine's eczema. It's cleared up alot however, we are not sure if it is because of the diet or whether it is the cream that we are using or whether it's the new air purifier we bought. Jasmine is certainly enjoying her life better now without scratching her face off or being swaddled all the time. Here's a cute pic of Jasmine playing:




I'll be adding different foods every few days, hoping to catch any allergic reaction if it occurs. I'll provide an update in the next couple of weeks.

2 comments:

Karen said...

Did you find the source of the problem?

leungv999 said...

An allergist specialist confirmed that Jasmine is allergic to eggs. No egg tarts for her! Good thing is, many babies grow out of allergies when they are toddlers. I'm really hoping that she will grow out of her ezcema...